source:Xinhua News Agency Responsible agency editor in charge:Wei Zhongge

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 25.

 Minister of Water Resources E Jingping said at the 2021 National Water Conservancy Work Conference on the 25th that the construction of major water conservancy projects will be promoted with high standards this year, and the construction of 150 major water conservancy projects including the Yellow River Guxian Water Conservancy Project will be accelerated. , Strive to start work early and start more work.

E Jingping said that 2021 is the first year of the implementation of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and will speed up the construction of major water conservancy projects, focusing on promoting the first phase of the North Extension Emergency Water Supply Project of the East Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project and the supporting construction tasks of the first phase of the East and Middle Routes. Accelerate the construction of projects such as Dateng Gorge, water diversion from the Yangtze River to the Huaihe River, water diversion from central Yunnan, water resources allocation in the Pearl River Delta, the "14th Five-Year Plan" flood control project on the lower Yellow River, and Jiayan in Guizhou, and coordinate the water supply guarantee work for the Xiongan New Area.

He also said that this year, we will promote the construction of major water conservancy projects with high standards and strive for investment in water conservancy construction through multiple channels. While striving to increase central and local water conservancy investment, make good use of financial policies, coordinate and increase water conservancy credit support, use local government special bonds and bank loans as important financing channels for water conservancy construction, and encourage and guide social capital to participate Water conservancy construction.

Statistics from the Ministry of Water Resources show that in 2020, the construction of water conservancy infrastructure will accelerate, a list of 150 major water conservancy projects to be promoted has been put forward, preliminary work has been accelerated, and 45 major water conservancy projects have been started. In 2020, a total of 769.5 billion yuan will be invested in water conservancy construction, a year-on-year increase of 6%, a record high.

E Jingping said that the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period is a five-year period in which my country's water conservancy projects have achieved greater benefits. The accumulated investment in water conservancy construction is 3.58 trillion yuan, an increase of 57% over the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period. The construction of a number of control hubs such as the Gorge and Chushandian on the Huaihe River has accelerated. The Three Gorges Project has continued to exert huge comprehensive benefits. The first phase of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has transferred 36.742 billion cubic meters of water in total, and the water security capacity of key river basins has been significantly enhanced. (Reporter Liu Shiping)